Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-09-06
ROTTING APPLES

The Nee England Farmsr IL asked TO
,ugsssi a remedy COZ the dscayins Of
fruit upoa the trees. Bslo~ ~s give the
reply Ia fali:
TIE dfl. .uillcs % fruit Caliarc Ia thi :
cOuntry appear q D. Increasing with Tie
Increased breadth of area devoted 10 Or
charting. luxurious Insects ant parasitic
faugi Increase a. their pisturage Increases.
When the countfy was new, Og rather waen
oar fathers nrst planted ffult uecs grown
frou sgcis brought OF cent over irOm the
Oli country. the trees h1i ths Advantage OK
= new locAltyin which The insects AMI iungl
had not yet arrived; bat a. ffuli culture
Increased and tres were brought Over
from The Oh world, Insects ari parasitic
iangi werc hr0aght over with them. To
gtt an a1undaucc Of The good things In
nature without Cf0ft seems not In accord.
arcc With the laws ~ naturr. Weeds, 10.
iarl0us Insects and diseases follow MAJ
sverywhsrc. "Olt subscriber" can doubt
les remember when western applcs, even
ihose grown No farther west than New
York STATE. were sound ant fair compared
70 those grown In our own orchards. The
orc harts Tor 4 tine were ahead of their IN
sect enemies. BAT nov New York apples
Arc - worry a. oar Own. ant even NlChl-
gan orchAris are Infested by The same
spccic. OfirscCts which have ~ long ifiar.
"a ours Ina Tie east II man Il 20 survive
In the struggle with Insects and other enc
mlt-. De must prove himself The stronger
or tae more intelligent. The aim 90 oar
agricultural experiment. stations II % Ia
erase mans ability % overcome those
otsiac,us ~ lrst learning All thst can be
learned ahoui our enemies. A great deal
has BEEN learned, but sometimes u - ms
A. 10 tac uuls k1owicigc ooiAluci ]. but
gci,lng a glimpse or the vast unknoNu.
We Rave learned that The smui on corr,
wheat aud oats has life history, distinct
A. ihc NE history % he grain plarts upon
which 10 suhslsts, that TIE moalis on
bread. cheese, luperi,cily sealed fruits,
and decay .ug substances geucrally, are live
plsnis possessing "a aulie characisfisties.
And nov We are lsAruing that most of tAc
blghis aud diseases % plants and many of
lie diseases % animals. inclutiug man,
arc causci by organized forms of hfe.
which ATE governed by the same unchangc-
able avs that control al ihlngs In nature
Noult. rust aui decay are produced ~
tie SEED. of mould. rust and decsy. and n
Ne woah Keep oar foof. graln and fruits
secure we must lc.rn % keep them beyond
ttc rsach 90 tlC seeds % destruction.
Mo-. - us have learned that The apple
worm. The CurcuiiO, The tsnt caterpillar,
The cAnk,r worm and The borrf are al pro-
parst.d from eggs OF seeds. and hat ~ In
tslIgsut es0ft much can be done % Keep
these enemies In cheek, bit thc seeds OF
thc bilchts Ard The fungi ar too small Tor
TIE common observer % siuiy with ease,
nevcrtheiss.. NJ are learning something
ofthese We lai that the apple Tot u of
several kirts. esch a. disiinct from one
another a. arr The dlfereui contagious ils-
eases of childhood. aui a. We have learned
that typAoli fever. diphthsris, measles and
Lac tissascs. may tc In measure checked
by Observing c.caniir,ss snd sanitary laws
- ~ have learned that tha rOtiirg % our
ruts may be- CHECKED ~ similar means
whtu We learn % gather sp al TIE fallen
fruit coutaiuiug The eggs of Insects or TIE
germ. % parasitic fungi and sweep tossih.
az al The fungi spotted leaves aud burn
With frr. Nc shall have taken step tow.
srt. controlling these obstacles 10 sue
ce..sul frut ca.iufe Somethlug can be
tonc 10 selection 20 varieties. Certain
varieties ~ apples AID pears sufcT more
by thesc bughis than certain other vArlc-
tee TIE Ficmish Beauty pear was one
of tho lfs; % yield 90 Tie parasite that
ie.troys tie skln. The Red AsvachAn is
parilculariy suscsptAh.c 20 iuugi attacks,
sui The fact that Ills y,rleiy hss been very
extensively planted. iar beyond the needs
of The market. AMI that thousands of bush
,ls % TIE fruit are annually allowed 20 fail
ani rot on the ground, l. asuitc.ent eH.
p'ansiiou of tlr ,kcs- ~ ne iutfsHsei
dlmculiy % getting fair crops
II "oli subscriber vii kccp bis grcuais
clear from cecayirg fruit AM diseased fal-
leu ltAyss Cor = frw yeafs, ari bis neiga.
hors vii 90 the same there u lltiie doubt
thathis iruit viii oc greasy Improved In
qgauJ ard appsaraucs Thls vii pFooa'
6iy LOOK Ike great undertaking. bat u i
'as;f What some of ne most successful
fruit culiurlsis have been doing ioE years,
.ni they have found thelr pfoits arc meas-
urrf lua large degrsc ~ Tie care iheI
have bestowed upon their orcharts In this
dlr,cto1 lis hoped that chemistry VIII
yet discover some Kind o' an application
hat vii destroy parasitic growth wlihout
lriarlns The iolagc Of Tie trees. Let us
sustain well our experiment stations IN
the prosecution of such Investigations.